diff --git a/.github/generate_workflows.csx b/.github/generate_workflows.csx
index e575773..f3b97cf 100644
--- a/.github/generate_workflows.csx
+++ b/.github/generate_workflows.csx
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ foreach (var package in packages){
     var pkg_name = arr[0];
     if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pkg_name))
     	continue;
-    var deps ="";
-    if (arr.Length > 1){
-    	var dep_arr = arr[1].Split(new []{" "},StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
+    var deps = arr.Length > 1 ? arr[1] : "";
+    var noDebug=false;
+    if (deps.Contains("-NoDebug")){
+        deps = deps.Replace("-NoDebug","");
+        noDebug=true;
+    }
+    if (! string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(deps)){
+    	var dep_arr = deps.Split(new []{" "},StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
         var tabs="        ";
+       
 		deps = $"RequiredDeps: |\n{tabs}" + string.Join("\n" + tabs,dep_arr);
 	}
+    if (noDebug)
+        deps +="\n      NoDebugBuild: true";
+    deps = deps.Trim();
     var cont = orig_cont.Replace("[NAME]",pkg_name).Replace("[DEPS]",deps);
     File.WriteAllText($"workflows/tool_{pkg_name}_build.yml", cont);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/packages.txt b/.github/packages.txt
index 4c2896f..cccf44c 100644
--- a/.github/packages.txt
+++ b/.github/packages.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-automake
+automake: -NoDebug
 awk
 coreutils
 diffutils
 findutils
 gawk
+gnutls: libtasn1
 grep: pcre2
 gzip
 highlight
 libhsts
 libpsl
+libtasn1
 make
 openssl
 patch
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ pdcurses
 sed
 symlinks
 tar
-wget: pcre2 libpsl zlib
+wget: pcre2 libpsl zlib openssl
 wget2: pcre2 libpsl zlib libhsts wolfcrypt tar
 which
 wolfcrypt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tool_automake_build.yml b/.github/workflows/tool_automake_build.yml
index 017117f..62de070 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tool_automake_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tool_automake_build.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ jobs:
     with:
       ToolName: automake
       NoDebugBuild: true
-      
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tool_gnutls_build.yml b/.github/workflows/tool_gnutls_build.yml
index 7f51afc..d2de0e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tool_gnutls_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tool_gnutls_build.yml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/tool_build.yml
     with:
       ToolName: gnutls
-      
+      RequiredDeps: |
+        libtasn1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tool_libtasn1_build.yml b/.github/workflows/tool_libtasn1_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6c272b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tool_libtasn1_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: libtasn1 Tool Build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - trash
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 5 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/tool_build.yml
+    with:
+      ToolName: libtasn1
+      
diff --git a/build/f_gnutls_build.sh b/build/f_gnutls_build.sh
index 5839c12..a3d0a63 100644
--- a/build/f_gnutls_build.sh
+++ b/build/f_gnutls_build.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ set -e
 . "${WLB_SCRIPT_FOLDER:-$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$BASH_SOURCE")")}/helpers.sh"
 
 BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_NAME="gnutls"
-BLD_CONFIG_GNU_LIBS_ADDL=( "dirent" "getopt-gnu" )
-BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_CMD_ADDL=( "--with-included-unistring" "--with-included-libtasn1" "--without-p11-kit" )
+BLD_CONFIG_GNU_LIBS_ADDL=( "dirent" "getopt-gnu" "opendir" "closedir" "readdir" )
+BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_CMD_ADDL=( "--with-included-unistring" "--without-p11-kit" )
 BLD_CONFIG_VCPKG_DEPS=( "gmp" "nettle" "brotli" "zstd" )
 BLD_CONFIG_PKG_CONFIG_MANUAL_ADD=( "gmp" )
 BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_ADDL_CFLAGS=( "-I../gl/" )
+BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_ADDL_CFLAGS_STATIC=("-DASN1_STATIC")
+BLD_CONFIG_OUR_LIB_DEPS=("libtasn1")
+BLD_CONFIG_OUR_LIB_BINS_PATH=("libtasn1")
 
 # BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_FOLDER_NAME="myapp2"; #if you want it compiling in a diff folder
 # BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_DEBUG=1
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ fi
 				sed -i -E '/doc\//d;/GTK_DOC_CHECK/d' configure.ac
 			fi
 			if [[ $BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_NO_PO -eq 1 ]]; then
-			sed -i -E '/SUBDIRS \+= po/d' Makefile.am
+				sed -i -E '/SUBDIRS \+= po/d' Makefile.am
 				sed -i -E '/po\//d;' configure.ac
 			fi
 			if [[ -f "gl/override/doc/gendocs_template.diff" && $BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_NO_DOCS -eq "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/build/f_libtasn1_build.sh b/build/f_libtasn1_build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3f089e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/f_libtasn1_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+. "${WLB_SCRIPT_FOLDER:-$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$BASH_SOURCE")")}/helpers.sh"
+
+BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_NAME="libtasn1"
+BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_ADDL_CFLAGS_STATIC=("-DASN1_STATIC")
+BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_CMD_ADDL=("--disable-fuzzing")
+BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_CMD_ADDL_STATIC=("--enable-static") #removing the disable shared
+# BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_FOLDER_NAME="myapp2"; #if you want it compiling in a diff folder
+# BLD_CONFIG_BUILD_DEBUG=1
+
+function ourmain() {
+	startcommon;
+	BLD_CONFIG_GNU_LIBS_EXCLUDE=("${BLD_CONFIG_GNU_LIBS_DEFAULT[@]}")
+if test 5 -gt 100; then
+		echo "Just move the fi down as you want to skip steps, or pass the step to skip to (per below) as the first arg"
+fi
+	if [[ -z $SKIP_STEP || $SKIP_STEP == "checkout" ]]; then
+		git_clone_and_add_ignore https://github.com/gnutls/libtasn1 .
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $BLD_CONFIG_GNU_LIBS_USED -eq "1" ]]; then
+		if [[ -z $SKIP_STEP || $SKIP_STEP == "gnulib" ]]; then
+			gnulib_switch_to_master_and_patch;
+			if [[ $BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_NO_TESTS -eq 1 ]]; then
+				sed -i -E '/SUBDIRS \+= tests/d;s#fuzz tests##' Makefile.am #when fuzz tests dont appear next to each other on the subdirs line we will need ot do something else
+				sed -i -E '/tests\//d;/fuzz\//d;' configure.ac
+			fi
+			if [[ $BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_NO_DOCS -eq 1 ]]; then
+				sed -i -E '/enable-doc/d;/enable-gtk-doc/d;/SUBDIRS \+= doc/d;' Makefile.am
+				sed -i -E '/doc\//d;/GTK_DOC_CHECK/d' configure.ac
+			fi
+			if [[ $BLD_CONFIG_CONFIG_NO_PO -eq 1 ]]; then
+				sed -i -E '/SUBDIRS \+= po/d' Makefile.am
+				sed -i -E '/po\//d;' configure.ac
+			fi
+			if [[ -f "lib/gl/top/README-release.diff" ]]; then
+					git rm lib/gl/top/README-release.diff lib/gl/doc/gendocs_template.diff
+			fi
+		fi
+		cd $BLD_CONFIG_SRC_FOLDER
+		if [[ -z $SKIP_STEP || $SKIP_STEP == "bootstrap" ]]; then
+			gnulib_add_addl_modules_and_bootstrap;
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $SKIP_STEP == "autoconf" ]]; then #not empty allowed as if we bootstrapped above we dont need to run nautoconf
+		autoreconf --symlink --verbose --install
+		SKIP_STEP=""
+	fi
+
+	cd $BLD_CONFIG_SRC_FOLDER
+	if [[ -z $SKIP_STEP || $SKIP_STEP == "configure" ]]; then
+		configure_apply_fixes_and_run;
+	else
+		setup_build_env;
+	fi
+
+	run_make
+	make_install
+
+	finalcommon;
+}
+ourmain;